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WASHINGTON — Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth irritated Phillies fans last week when he faked a throw into the stands to a couple of children, claiming he was concerned with the drunk fans behind them.

If seeing one high profile Phillie athlete possibly leave this off season, another is almost unfathomable.

With the worries of losing Jimmy Rollins to the west coast, Ryan Madson could be packing his backs and heading to Washington D.C. if former team mate Jayson Werth successfully lures him there.

That’s right, Werth is openly selling the idea of Madson joining him in Washington, according to Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman, where he is under the illusion that good baseball is played there.

Washington is also reportedly interested in going after slugging first basemen Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder. If they miraculously land one of those studs, that could make Washington a very interesting team offensively next year.

Too bad their pitching will still be terrible despite Stephen Strasburg.

If the Phils don’t re-sign Madson, general manager Ruben Amaro said the Phils would fill the hole with a free agent and not internally. One of the top closers available is Jonathan Papelbon of Boston.

The MLB free agency period starts five days after the World Series concludes.

Phils starter Roy Oswalt struck out a season-high nine in eight shut out innings of work against the Nationals. The Phils won, 5-0. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

Ryan Zimmerman punched the Phillies’ gut with a walk-off grand slam Friday night, but in typical Phillies fashion, they bounced back and took down the Nationals on, what I guess you could call ‘the road.’

It took until the fourth inning for a team to tally a run tonight’s game at Nationals Park, when Wilson Valdez sliced a two-run triple to right field, scoring John Mayberry Jr. and Carlos Ruiz. The scoring on that play was a bit favorable to Valdez, being that Jayson Werth played a game of hop scotch out in the right-outfield corner, allowing Valdez to score.

Player to Watch – Mike Morse: Morse had shown some promise last season for the Nationals, hitting .289 with 15 homers and 41 RBIs in 98 games. He proved this year that last season’s production wasn’t a fluke with his remarkable break-out season. Morse is hitting .319 with 20 homers and 68 RBIs. He’s provided Washington with a spark that newly acquired Jayson Werth did not supply the 4th place Nationals.

UPDATE – With their second selection (66th overall), the Phillies chose outfielder/second baseman Roman Quinn. Quinn is labeled as being one of the fastest prep school players in this year’s class.

He attended Port St. Joe High School in Gulf County, Florida. He played second base, shortstop, and center field during his high school career. Quinn committed to Florida State so it will be interesting to see if he signs with the Phillies.

With the 90th overall pick, the Phillies chose University of Miami third baseman Harold Martinez. Martinez is 6’3″ and 212 pounds and is a right-handed hitter.

He was previously selected in the 19th round of the 2008 Draft by the Texas Rangers but decided to go to Miami.

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While the Phillies lost their true first round pick when signing Cliff Lee, the Phils picked up a supplemental first rounder when right fielder Jayson Werth signed with the Nationals.

The Phillies used that pick on a future corner outfielder, drafting Larry Greene with the 39th overall selection.

The 6’2″, 235 pound athletic outfielder is from Berrien High School in Nashville, Ga. He batted .562 in 30 games as a center fielder. Despite playing center, Marti Wolever, the Phillies scouting director sees Greene as a corner outfielder in the Majors.

“He’s a man amongst young men,” Wolever said. “He’s really strong and powerful and just really a very good athlete . . . We think he’s a corner outfielder with above-average power. He stays on the ball when he hits and has a chance to drive the ball to the left side, left-center. He’s got above average power pole-to-pole.”

Wolever also said the left-handed hitter reminds him of Jonathan Singleton, an eighth-round pick in 2009 whom the organization regards highly.

The MLB draft resumes today at noon with rounds 2-30. The Phillies pick twice in the second round (66 and 90 overall) and have the 120th overall pick in the third round. They pick 151st overall in the fourth round, and draft a player every 30 picks after that.

The LA Times reported this morning that nine MLB teams, including the Phillies, are in violation of MLB’s debt service rules.

While other teams on the list (Mets, Dodgers, Orioles, Rangers, Nationals, Marlins and Tigers) are not surprising, seeing the Cubs and Phillies on the list is quite a shocker. Perhaps even more shocking is the only team in the NL East not in debt is the Atlanta Braves, officially making the NL East the poorest division in baseball.

The debt service rules limit a team’s debt to 10 times its annual earnings, but the LA Times say commissioner Bud Selig has “wide latitude to enforce those rules.”

To think the Phillies have debt ten times more than their annual earning seems impossible. The Phillies sell out almost every game, and it’s almost impossible to walk into WaWa without seeing a Phillies shirt, which tells me they sell a lot of memorabilia too.